Sentence examples for litigation officials from inspiring English sources

To avoid potential litigation, officials decided to not pursue an ordinance.

But with the Department of Justice threatening litigation, officials said, they had chosen to settle rather than risk a judgment that would cost far more.

The Archdiocese of Boston will post a detailed account of its budget online in an effort to win back the trust of parishioners skeptical of what their donations paid for in the sexual abuse scandal and subsequent litigation, officials said.

The intravenous method was the most familiar and effective and the least susceptible method to litigation, Ohio officials said.

The banks agreed to settle investors' suits "to eliminate the burden and expense of further litigation," Riggs officials said in a statement.

Before the disputed Florida election ever reaches the point of litigation, campaign officials said, they will try to win the vote outright for Vice President Al Gore.

Throughout the litigation, government officials have repeatedly appealed incremental rulings in the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.

And while her campaign hasn't commented on the upcoming trial, citing pending litigation, Democratic officials in Illinois have noted that the case has been dismissed twice previously.

Because of the Department's engagement with the state during the administrative review and later litigation, South Carolina officials changed how their new voting statute will be implemented in future elections – to eliminate what would otherwise have been a dramatic discriminatory effect.

Palin's attorney, John Tiemessen, said in an email Wednesday that he respects Burgess' decision that Thoma's claim "did not meet the technical definition of 'wholly without merit.' We regret that there is not a stronger mechanism under Federal Law to discourage frivolous harassing recreational litigation against elected officials or former elected officials," he said.

Software and Secrets The litigation worried intelligence officials.